Puzzle No. 3451 Puzzle No. 3451
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Merlot, fish, and escargot: extremely honorific treatment (3,6) 6 Elevate Rex (alt-right requirement) (5) 9 Heavy…
Dec 14, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Palestine’s First Intifada Is Still a Model for Grassroots Resistance Palestine’s First Intifada Is Still a Model for Grassroots Resistance
A new film reminds us of the power of united, nonviolent action.
Dec 8, 2017 / Sarah Aziza
Songs of Aggression Songs of Aggression
A review of popular music reveals striking and distressing similarities in the way men talk about and deal with women in today’s society.
Dec 8, 2017 / David Hajdu
Susan Meiselas’s Redemptive Time Susan Meiselas’s Redemptive Time
In her new photo-memoir, the photographer returns to the origin of her career to reflect on all she’s remembered, and why it’s worth remembering.
Dec 5, 2017 / Ratik Asokan
What We Can Learn From Art Painted Inside Guantánamo What We Can Learn From Art Painted Inside Guantánamo
A New York exhibition gives a rare glimpse into America’s most controversial prison.
Dec 4, 2017 / Erin L. Thompson
Sally Hawkins’s Voiceless Desire Sally Hawkins’s Voiceless Desire
Of all the big year-end films, Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water is the most deeply moving.
Dec 1, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
What Does It Mean to Remember AIDS? What Does It Mean to Remember AIDS?
We’ve seen a flood of retrospective projects about AIDS—from books to dance to architecture and art. But who is being remembered? And why?
Nov 30, 2017 / Alisa Solomon
Puzzle No. 3450 Puzzle No. 3450
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. For over a decade, Oxford University Press has asked its staff and online community to help it choose a Place of the Year. Pa…
Nov 30, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Subverting the Western: A Conversation With Hernan Diaz Subverting the Western: A Conversation With Hernan Diaz
The author of In the Distance discusses foreignness, his theory of genre, and what it means to do research for a novel.
Nov 20, 2017 / Q&A / Aaron Bady
Hari Kondabolu Lays Bare ‘The Problem With Apu’ Hari Kondabolu Lays Bare ‘The Problem With Apu’
The comedian’s new documentary takes on the ultimate comedic sacred cow: The Simpsons.
Nov 19, 2017 / Dave Zirin